Clark University first granted honorary degrees in 1899, recognizing five eminent European scientists. For the next two decades, Clark granted honorary degrees only three more times — in 1902, 1905, and 1909. Starting in the 1920s, Clark began presenting honorary degrees every few years; the honors became an annual tradition in 1937.
2020–Present
![Sean Carroll](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2024/03/sean-carroll.jpg)
Sean CarrollEmmy-winning film producer; distinguished professor, University of Maryland
D.Sc., 2024
![Akiko Iwasaki](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2024/03/akiko-iwasaki.jpg)
Akiko IwasakiCOVID-19 expert and scholar; professor, Yale University School of Medicine
D.Sc., 2024
![Michael Nischan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2024/03/michael-nischan.jpg)
Michel NischanSustainable food activist; founder and CEO of Wholesome Crave
L.H.D., 2024
![Robert D. Putnam](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/robert-putnam.jpg)
Robert D. PutnamPolitical scientist and professor, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
Speaker; L.H.D., 2023
![Ronald Carter](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/ron-carter.jpg)
Ronald CarterGrammy Award-winning jazz bassist; distinguished professor emeritus, CCNY
F.A.D., 2023
![Ruth Wilson Gilmore](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/ruth-wilson-gilmore.jpg)
Ruth Wilson GilmorePioneer in carceral geography; professor, City University of New York
L.H.D., 2023
![Mary Frances Berry](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/mary-frances-berry.jpg)
Mary Frances BerryCivil rights leader, writer, historian, and professor, University of Pennsylvania
Speaker; LL.D., 2022
![David Angel](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/david-angel.jpg)
David AngelClark’s ninth president, who championed a liberal arts curriculum; geographer
L.H.D., 2022
![Annette Gordon-Reed](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/annette-gordon-reed.jpg)
Annette Gordon-ReedPulitzer Prize-winner (“The Hemingses of Monticello”) and Harvard historian
LL.D., 2022
![Doug Wright](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/doug-wright.jpg)
Doug WrightPulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright (“I Am My Own Wife”)
F.A.D., 2022
![Naomi Oreskes](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/naomi-oreskes.jpg)
Naomi OreskesGeologist, science historian, author, and Harvard professor
L.H.D., 2021
2010–2019
![Jeffrey Lurie ’73](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/jeffrey-lurie.jpg)
Jeffrey Lurie ’73Philadelphia Eagles owner and former Clark trustee
Speaker; L.H.D., 2019
![Robert Stevenish](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/robert-stevenish.jpg)
Robert StevenishClark trustee and business leader (J.C. Penney, Montgomery Ward, Modell’s)
L.H.D., 2019
![Hauwa Ibrahim](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/hauwa-ibrahim.jpg)
Hauwa IbrahimNigerian human rights lawyer; honored in 75th year marking first class of undergraduate women at Clark
Speaker; L.H.D., 2018
![Susan Hanson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/susan-hanson.jpg)
Susan HansonGeographer and Clark professor emerita; honored in 75th year marking first class of undergraduate women at Clark
L.H.D., 2018
![Christine Ortiz](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/christine-ortiz.jpg)
Christine OrtizMIT engineering researcher; honored in 75th year marking first class of undergraduate women at Clark
L.H.D., 2018
![Earl Lewis](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/earl-lewis.jpg)
Earl LewisHistorian and president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Speaker; L.H.D., 2017
![Linda Greenhouse](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/linda-greenhouse.jpg)
Linda GreenhousePulitzer Prize-winning legal journalist and lecturer at Yale Law School
LL.D., 2017
![Catalina Escobar ’93](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/catalina-escobar.jpg)
Catalina Escobar ’93Founder and president of the Juan Felipe Gómez Escobar Foundation in Colombia
Speaker; L.H.D., 2016
![John Geanakoplos](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/john-geanakoplos.jpg)
John GeanakoplosEconomist, professor, and co-founder of the Hellenic Studies Program at Yale
L.H.D., 2016
![Audrey Flack](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/audrey-flack.jpg)
Audrey FlackNationally recognized painter and sculptor and pioneer of photorealism
F.A.D., 2015
![Ron Shaich ’76](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/ron-shaich.jpg)
Ron Shaich ’76Entrepreneur, founder of Panera Bread, and Clark trustee
Speaker; L.H.D., 2014
![Michael Crow](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/michael-crow.jpg)
Michael CrowPresident of Arizona State University
L.H.D., 2014
![Cynthia Enloe](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/cynthia-enloe.jpg)
Cynthia EnloeFeminist writer, theorist, and Clark research professor
L.H.D., 2014
![Carolyn Mugar](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/carolyn-mugar.jpg)
Carolyn MugarArmenian-American environmental activist
Speaker; L.H.D., 2013
![S. Paul Reville](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/paul-reville.jpg)
S. Paul RevilleMassachusetts secretary of education and educational researcher
L.H.D., 2013
![Carol Geary Schneider](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/carol-geary-schneider.jpg)
Carol Geary SchneiderAssociation of American Colleges and Universities president; historian
Speaker; L.H.D., 2012
![Donald Berwick](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/donald-berwick.jpg)
Donald BerwickHealth policy expert; president and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
D.Sc., 2012
![Ian Smillie](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/IanSmillie.jpg)
Ian SmillieHuman rights activist focused on changing global diamond trade practices
L.H.D., 2012
![Alan Khazei](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/alan-khazei.jpg)
Alan KhazeiSocial entrepreneur and founder of City Year
Speaker; LL.D., 2011
![John Bassett](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/john-bassett.jpg)
John BassettClark’s eighth president; scholar in English literature
L.H.D., 2011
![Richard Celeste](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/richard-celeste.jpg)
Richard Celeste
President of Colorado College
Speaker; LL.D., 2010
![Jessie Gruman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/jessie-gruman.jpg)
Jessie Gruman
Social psychologist and founder of the Center for Advancing Health
D.Sc., 2010
![James Welu](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/james-welu.jpg)
James Welu
Director of the Worcester Art Museum
L.H.D., 2010
2000–2009
![David Ward](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/david-ward.jpg)
David Ward
Former president, American Council on Education
L.H.D., 2009
![Christopher Collier ’51](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Christopher-Collier.jpg)
Christopher Collier ’51
Historian, author, and professor
L.H.D., 2008
![Vartan Gregorian](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/vartan-gregorian.jpg)
Vartan Gregorian
President of the Carnegie Corp., New York Public Library, and Brown University
L.H.D., 2008
![Arthur J. Remillard](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Arthur-J-Remillard-Jr.jpg)
Arthur J. Remillard, Jr. ’56
Founder and former CEO and chair, Commerce Group
L.H.D., 2008
![Diana Chapman Walsh](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/diana-chapman-walsh.jpg)
Diana Chapman Walsh
Former president of Wellesley College
L.H.D., 2008
![Peter Piot](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Peter-Piot.jpg)
Peter Piot
Influential Ebola and AIDS researcher; U.N. and World Health Organization leader
L.H.D., 2007
![Lee Shulman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Lee-Shulman.jpg)
Lee Shulman
President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
L.H.D., 2007
![Frank Wilczek](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Frank-Wilczek.jpg)
Frank Wilczek
Nobel laureate, theoretical physicist, and MIT professor
D.Sc., 2007
![Blenda J. Wilson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Blenda-J-Wilson.jpg)
Blenda J. Wilson
President of California State University, Northridge; oversaw rebuilding after quake
L.H.D., 2007
![Robert J. Hurst ’66](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Robert-J-Hurst.jpg)
Robert J. Hurst ’66
Retired vice chairman of Goldman Sachs; Clark trustee
L.H.D., 2006
![Paul R. Krugman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Paul-R-Krugman.jpg)
Paul R. Krugman
Nobel laureate, economist, New York Times columnist, and CUNY professor
L.H.D., 2006
![Clare Brett Smith](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Clare-Brett-Smith.jpg)
Clare Brett Smith
President of Aid to Artisans, a non-profit organization
L.H.D., 2006
![Evelyn M. Witkin](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Evelyn-M-Witkin.jpg)
Evelyn M. Witkin, M.A. ’43, Ph.D. ’47
Internationally recognized scientist and pioneer in field of DNA mutagenesis
D.Sc., 2006
![David S. Broder](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/David-S-Broder.jpg)
David S. Broder
Pulitzer Prize-winning national political correspondent for The Washington Post
Speaker; L.H.D., 2005
![Mary Walsh](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Mary-Walsh.jpg)
Mary Walsh, M.A. ’67, Ph.D. ’74
Psychologist, professor, and chair, Boston College
D.Sc., 2005
![Sam Bass Warner](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Sam-Bass-Warner.jpg)
Sam Bass Warner
Professor emeritus, Brandeis University; expert on American urban history
L.H.D., 2005
![E. O. Wilson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/E-O-Wilson.jpg)
E. O. Wilson
Harvard biologist; Pulitzer Prize winner; pioneer in the study of social insects
D.Sc., 2005
![Margaret Marshall](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Margaret-Marshall.jpg)
Margaret Marshall
Massachusetts Supreme Court justice who wrote gay marriage decision
Speaker; LL.D., 2003
![Mark Shields](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Mark-Shields.jpg)
Mark Shields
Political columnist and commentator
Speaker; L.H.D., 2003
![Saul Cohen](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Saul-Cohen-1.jpg)
Saul Cohen
President emeritus of Queens College; led Clark’s Graduate School of Geography
L.H.D., 2003
![Abraham Foxman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Abraham-Foxman.jpg)
Abraham Foxman
National director of the Anti-Defamation League and antisemitism activist
L.H.D., 2003
![Ruth Hubbard](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Ruth-Hubbard.jpg)
Ruth Hubbard
First woman to be awarded tenured position in biology at Harvard
D.Sc., 2003
![Mannque Rho](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Mannque-Rho-video.jpg)
Mannque Rho ’60
Award-winning, internationally recognized South Korean theoretical physicist
D.Sc., 2003
![Roberta Sigel](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Roberta-Sigel-Rutgers-University.jpg)
Roberta Sigel, Ph.D. ’48
Political scientist and professor, Rutgers University
L.H.D., 2003
![Mesfin Woldemariam](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Mesfin-Woldemariam.jpg)
Mesfin Woldemariam, Ph.D. ’77
Ethiopian political prisoner, human rights activist, professor, and geographer
L.H.D., 2003
![Edward Zigler](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Edward-Zigler.jpg)
Edward Zigler
Yale developmental psychologist who launched federal Head Start program
D.Sc., 2003
![Phyllis Franklin](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Phylis-Franklin.jpg)
Phyllis Franklin
Advocate for the humanities and director of the Modern Language Association
Speaker; L.H.D., 2001
![Amartya Sen](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Amartya-Sen.jpg)
Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate, economist, philosopher, and Harvard professor
Speaker; D.Sc., 2001
![Bruce Alberts](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Bruce-Alberts.jpg)
Bruce Alberts
Biochemist, editor-in-chief of Science, and National Academy of Sciences president
D.Sc., 2001
![Emery Battis](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Emery-Battis.jpg)
Emery Battis
Broadway and Shakespeare Theatre Company actor; historian and author
Litt.D., 2001
![Gerald Grob](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Gerald-Grob.jpg)
Gerald Grob
Rutgers University professor and historian of medicine and mental health
Litt.D., 2001
![John Holdren](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-Holdren.jpg)
John Holdren
Harvard Kennedy School professor of environmental policy and program director
D.Sc., 2001
![Edna Aden Ismael](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Edna-Aden-Ismael.jpg)
Edna Aden Ismael
Nurse midwife, activist, and first female foreign minister of Somaliland
L.H.D., 2001
![Richard P. Traina](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Richard-P-Traina.jpg)
Richard P. Traina
Seventh president of Clark University; historian
L.H.D., 2001
![Kurt L. Schmoke](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Kurt-L-Schmoke.jpg)
Kurt L. Schmoke
First African American elected mayor of Baltimore; lawyer and university president
Speaker; LL.D., 2000
![Edgar F. Beckham](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Edgar-F-Beckham.jpg)
Edgar F. Beckham
Senior Fellow of the Association of American Colleges and Universities
L.H.D., 2000
![Jack K. Hale](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Jack-K-Hale.jpg)
Jack K. Hale
Georgia Tech mathematician focused on dynamical systems
D.Sc., 2000
![Darlene Christian Hoffman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Darlene-Christian-Hoffman.jpg)
Darlene Christian Hoffman
Nuclear chemist at University of California, Berkeley; advocate for women scientists
D.Sc., 2000
1990–1999
![Deval Patrick](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Deval-Patrick.jpg)
Deval Patrick
Massachusetts civil rights lawyer and businessman, later serving as governor
Speaker; LL.D., 1999
![Joel L. Lebowitz](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Joel-L-Lebowitz.jpg)
Joel L. Lebowitz
Rutgers mathematical physicist and co-chair of the Committee of Concerned Scientists
D.Sc., 1999
![Annea Lockwood](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Annea-Lockwood.jpg)
Annea Lockwood
Vasser College professor and composer of electronic music
F.A.D., 1999
![William Julius Wilson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/William-Julius-Wilson.jpg)
William Julius Wilson
Harvard sociologist, author, and National Medal of Science laureate
L.H.D., 1999
![Charles MacCormack](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Charles-MacCormack.jpg)
Charles MacCormack
President and CEO of Save the Children
Speaker; L.H.D., 1996
![Mark Gearan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Mark-Gearan.jpg)
Mark Gearan
Director of the Peace Corps during the Clinton administration
L.H.D., 1996
![Maxwell Harway](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Maxwell-Harway.jpg)
Maxwell Harway
U.S. State Department economist who helped design the Marshall Plan
L.H.D., 1996
![Teresa Heinz](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/teresa-heinz.jpg)
Teresa Heinz
Chair of the Heinz Endowments and Heinz Family Philanthropies
L.H.D., 1996
![Leon Lederman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Leon-Lederman.jpg)
Leon Lederman
Nobel laureate, physicist, and director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
D.Sc., 1996
![Mary Lekas ’49](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Mary-Lekas-MD.jpg)
Mary Lekas ’49
Trailblazer for women pursuing the practice of medicine; practicing otolaryngologist
D.Sc., 1996
![Ogretta Vaughn McNeil](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Ogretta-Vaughn-McNeil.jpg)
Ogretta Vaughn McNeil, Ph.D ’67
College of the Holy Cross psychologist and activist for diversity and inclusion
M.C.S., 1996
![William McNeill](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/William-McNeill.jpg)
William McNeill
University of Chicago scholar of world history and author of The Rise of the West
L.H.D., 1996
![Ned O'Gorman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Ned-OGorman.jpg)
Ned O’Gorman
Chemist and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
L.H.D., 1996
![Shimon Peres](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Shimon-Peres.jpg)
Shimon Peres
Israeli head of state and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
L.H.D., 1996
![Marion Pritchard](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Marion-Pritchard.jpg)
Marion Pritchard
Dutch social worker who rescued Jews during the Holocaust
L.H.D., 1996
![Irving Sigel](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Irving-Sigel.jpg)
Irving Sigel, M.A. ’48
Research psychologist with the Educational Testing Service
D.Sc., 1996
![Elie Wiesel](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/elie-wiesel.jpg)
Elie Wiesel
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor
L.H.D., 1996
![Timothy E. Wirth](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/timothy-wirth.jpg)
Timothy E. Wirth
Former U.S. Democratic senator from Colorado serving in Clinton administration
Speaker; LL.D., 1995
![Roland Fuchs](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Roland-Fuchs.jpg)
Roland Fuchs, M.A. ’57, Ph.D. ’59
Geographer and vice rector, United Nations University’s Development Studies division
D.Sc., 1995
![Gordon T. Goodman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Gordon-T-Goodman.jpg)
Gordan T. Goodman
Founding director, Stockholm Environment Institute
D.Sc., 1995
![Gilbert M. Grosvenor](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/gilbert-m-grosvenor.jpg)
Gilbert M. Grosvenor
President and chair of board of the National Geographic Society
L.H.D., 1995
![Chung-yum Kim ’59](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Chung-yum-Kim.jpg)
Chung-yum Kim ’59
Statesman who championed South Korea’s economic development
LL.D., 1995
![James Gustave Speth](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/James-Gustave-Speth.jpg)
James Gustave Speth
Environmental lawyer and co-founder, Natural Resources Defense Council
LL.D., 1995
![Robert MacNeil](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/robert-macNeil.jpg)
Robert MacNeil
TV news journalist and co-anchor of PBS’ MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
Speaker; L.H.D., 1994
![Gwendolyn K. Bell](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/gwedolyn-bell.jpg)
Gwendolyn K. Bell, Ph.D. ’67
Co-founder and president of the Computer Museum in Boston
D.Sc., 1994
![Paul Tsongas](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/paul-tsongas.jpg)
Paul Tsongas
U.S. senator from Massachusetts
LL.D., 1994
![Betty Allen](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/betty-allen.jpg)
Betty AllenOpera singer and executive director of Harlem School of the Arts
Litt.D., 1993
![Robert W. Kates](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/robert-kates.jpg)
Robert W. KatesPioneer in environmental hazards research and Clark geographer (1962-87)
D.Sc., 1993
![C. Eric Lincoln](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/C-Eric-Lincoln.jpg)
C. Eric Lincoln
Visiting professor of religion at Clark from Duke University; expert on the Black church
L.H.D., 1993
![Madeleine May Kunin](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/madeleine-may-kunin.jpg)
Madeleine May Kunin
Vermont governor known for support of the environment, education, and children
Speaker; LL.D., 1992
![Ann McKenny Early ’46](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Ann-McKenny-Early.jpg)
Ann McKenny Early ’46Teacher and member of Clark’s first class to include women undergraduates
L.H.D., 1992
![Marcus A. McCorison](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Marcus-A-McCorison.jpg)
Marcus A. McCorison
President of the American Antiquarian Society; scholar of early American printing
Litt.D., 1992
![Liberty Mhlanga ’64](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/liberty-mhlanga.jpg)
Liberty Mhlanga ’64, M.A. ’66
Zimbabwe agriculture and development leader; Clark soccer All-America honors
LL.D., 1992
![Saul Cohen](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Saul-Cohen.jpg)
Saul CohenPresident emeritus of Queens College; led Clark’s Graduate School of Geography
D.Sc., 1991
![Gerhart Friedlander](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Gerhart-Friedlander.jpg)
Gerhart Friedlander
Nuclear chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project
D.Sc., 1991
![Seymour Wapner](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Seymour-Wapner.jpg)
Seymour Wapner
Longtime Clark psychology professor and first provost; founded Academic Spree Day
D.Sc., 1991
![Peter O. Willauer](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Peter-O-Willauer.jpg)
Peter O. Willauer
Founder of Hurricane Island Outward Bound School and transatlantic sailor
L.H.D., 1991
![Mary Ingraham Bunting-Smith](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Mary-Ingraham-Bunting-Smith.jpg)
Mary Ingraham Bunting-Smith
Pioneer in university administration and science; second honorary degree at Clark
L.H.D., 1990
![Stephen Jay Gould](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Stephen-Jay-Gould.jpg)
Stephen Jay GouldPaleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and best-selling author
D.Sc., 1990
![Walter Henricks Hodge](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Walter-Henricks-Hodge.jpg)
Walter Henricks Hodge, A.B. 1934
Economic botanist, collector of tropical plants worldwide, and Worcester native
D.Sc., 1990
![Jacques Santer](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Jacques-Santer.jpg)
Jacques Santer
Prime minister of Luxembourg and member of the Christian Social People’s Party
LL.D., 1990
1980–1989
![Oscar Handlin](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Oscar-Handlin.jpg)
Oscar Handlin
Harvard historian who encouraged passage of Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
L.H.D., 1989
![Grace M. Hopper](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Grace-M-Hopper.jpg)
Grace M. HopperComputer scientist, mathematician, and U.S. Navy rear admiral
D.Sc., 1989
![LaSalle D. Leffall Jr.](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/LaSalle-D-Leffall-Jr.jpg)
LaSalle D. Leffall Jr.
Surgeon, oncologist, professor, and chair, Howard University College of Medicine
D.Sc., 1989
![Sissela Bok](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Sissela-Bok.jpg)
Sissela Bok
Professor of philosophy, Brandeis University; leading moral philosopher
L.H.D., 1988
![Lester R. Brown](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Lester-R-Brown.jpg)
Lester R. Brown
Worldwatch Institute founder; pioneered the concept of sustainable development
L.H.D., 1988
![John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-Birks-Dizzy-Gillespie.jpg)
John Birks (Dizzy) Gillespie
Jazz trumpeter, band leader, composer, educator, and singer
L.H.D., 1988
![Deborah W. Meier](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Deborah-W-Meier.jpg)
Deborah W. Meier
Progressive New York educator and founder of the modern small-schools movement
L.H.D., 1988
![John Brademas](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-Brademas.jpg)
John Brademas
President of New York University
LL.D., 1987
![Gwendolyn Brooks](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Gwendolyn-Brooks.jpg)
Gwendolyn BrooksPulitzer Prize-winning poet, author, and writing professor
L.H.D., 1987
![Tamara Dembo](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Tamara-Dembo.jpg)
Tamara Dembo
Clark emerita professor of psychology and pioneer of rehabilitation psychology
D.Sc., 1987
![James P. Grant](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/James-P-Grant.jpg)
James P. Grant
Executive director of UNICEF who saved lives through child vaccination worldwide
LL.D., 1987
![Leften S. Stavrianos](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Leften-S-Stavrianos.jpg)
Leften S. Stavrianos, M.A., Ph.D. ’37
Influential world historian and professor at Smith, Northwestern, and other institutions
L.H.D., 1987
![Robert Ballard](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Robert-Ballard.jpg)
Robert BallardUnderwater archaeologist and leader of the Titanic Exploration Team
D.Sc., 1986
Paris Fletcher
Prominent Worcester attorney
LL.D., 1986
![Flora Lewis](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Flora-Lewis.jpg)
Flora LewisForeign affairs columnist for The New York Times’ Paris bureau
Litt.D., 1986
![Peter Gay](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Peter-Gay.jpg)
Peter Gay
Yale historian and author of “Sigmund Freud: A Life for Our Time”
L.H.D., 1985
![John Kerry](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-Kerry.jpg)
John KerryU.S. senator from Massachusetts
LL.D., 1985
![Steven Marcus](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Steven-Marcus.jpg)
Steven Marcus
Columbia humanities professor and psychoanalytic critic of Dickens’ novels
L.H.D., 1985
![Carl Marcy](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Carl-Marcy.jpg)
Carl Marcy
Foreign policy expert and chief of staff, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
LL.D., 1985
![Tillie Olsen](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Tillie-Olsen.jpg)
Tillie Olsen
Author, educator, labor activist, and feminist
L.H.D., 1985
![Joseph John Sandler](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Joseph-John-Sandler.jpg)
Joseph John Sandler
Freud Memorial Chair of Psychoanalysis, University of London
LL.D., 1985
![Isaac Asimov](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Isaac-Asimov.jpg)
Isaac AsimovHugo Award-winning science fiction writer and Boston University biochemist
L.H.D., 1984
![Joseph D. Early](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Joseph-D-Early.jpg)
Joseph D. Early
High school teacher, U.S. representative, and supporter of Clark and higher education
LL.D., 1984
![Jerome Namias](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Jerome-Namias.jpg)
Jerome Namias
Nationally recognized research meteorologist from MIT; took Clark classes
D.Sc., 1984
![Rudolph Nunnemacher](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Rudolph-Nunnemacher-web.jpg)
Rudolph F. Nunnemacher
Longtime Clark biology professor (1939–1983)
D.Sc., 1984
![Suh Sang-Chul ’58](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Sang-Chul-Suh.jpg)
Suh Sang-Chul ’58, M.A. ’59
South Korean economist, educator, and World Bank administrator; Clark professor
LL.D., 1984
![William O. Baker](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/William-O-Baker.jpg)
William O. Baker
President of Bell Labs and advisor on scientific matters to five U.S. presidents
D.Sc., 1983
![Marion S. Barry Jr.](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Marion-S-Barry-Jr.jpg)
Marion S. Barry Jr.
Mayor of the District of Columbia
L.H.D., 1983
![George Frost Kennan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/George-Frost-Kennan.jpg)
George Frost KennanDiplomat, historian, and advocate for containing Soviet expansion during Cold War
L.H.D., 1983
![Carl Schorske](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Carl-Schorske.jpg)
Carl SchorskePulitzer Prize-winning author and historian (Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture)
L.H.D., 1983
![Donna E. Shalala](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Donna-E-Shalala.jpg)
Donna E. ShalalaPolitician serving in the Carter and Clinton administrations; Hunter College president
L.H.D., 1983
![Hanna Holborn Gray](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Hanna-Holborn-Gray.jpg)
Hanna Holborn Gray
First female president of the University of Chicago; historian on the Renaissance
L.H.D., 1982
![Anthony Lewis](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/anthony-lewis.jpg)
Anthony LewisPulitzer Prize-winning legal journalist; Columbia and Harvard lecturer
L.H.D., 1982
![Warren Litsky ’45](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Warren-Litsky.jpg)
Warren Litsky ’45
Microbiologist, environmental scientist, and Commonwealth Professor, UMass Amherst
D.Sc., 1982
Michael Njenjga
Director of Kenya’s National Environment Secretariat
LL.D., 1982
![Steven Weinberg](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Steven-Weinberg.jpg)
Steven Weinberg
Nobel laureate, Harvard physicist, and author of “The First Three Minutes”
D.Sc., 1982
![Frank W. Press](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Frank-W-Press.jpg)
Frank W. Press
MIT geophysicist and president-elect of the National Academy of Sciences
Speaker; D.Sc., 1981
![David B. Wingate](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/David-B-Wingate.jpg)
David B. Wingate
Bermuda ornithologist and conservationist who rediscovered the black-capped petrel
D.Sc., 1981
![Linus Carl Pauling](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/linus-carl-pauling.jpg)
Linus Carl Pauling
Nobel laureate, chemist, peace activist, author, and academic
Speaker; D.Sc., 1980
![Archibald Cox](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Archibald-Cox.jpg)
Archibald CoxSpecial prosecutor on the Watergate case and legal scholar
LL.D., 1980
![George F. Kneller ’29](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/George-F-Kneller.jpg)
George F. Kneller ’29Scholar in education and anthropology; Clark’s athletic center is named for him
L.H.D., 1980
![Mary McGrory](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Mary-McGrory.jpg)
Mary McGrory
Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist on Richard Nixon’s enemies list
1980
1970–1979
![Edwin O. Reischauer](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Edwin-O-Reischauer.jpg)
Edwin O. Reischauer
Former Ambassador to Japan and Harvard historian focused on East Asia
Speaker; LL.D., 1979
![John King Fairbank](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-King-Fairbank.jpg)
John King Fairbank
Harvard historian credited with building the field of China studies in the U.S.
L.H.D., 1979
![Frank A. Geldard](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Frank-A-Geldard.jpg)
Frank A. Geldard A.B. 1925, A.M. 1926, Ph.D. 1928
Professor emeritus of psychology, Princeton University
D.Sc., 1978
![Patricia Albjerg Graham](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Patricia-Albjerg-Graham.jpg)
Patricia Albjerg Graham
Director of the National Institute of Education and historian of U.S. education
L.H.D., 1978
![George W. Hazzard](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/George-W-Hazzard.jpg)
George W. Hazzard
Retiring president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
LL.D., 1978
![Bradford Morse](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Bradford-Morse.jpg)
Bradford Morse
Former U.S. representative; administrator of the U.N. Development Program
LL.D., 1978
![Arthur M. Sackler](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Arthur-M-Sackler.jpg)
Arthur M. Sackler
Psychiatrist, philanthropist, and art collector
D.Sc., 1978
![Carl Sagan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/carl-sagan.jpg)
Carl Sagan
Cornell University astronomer, astrophysicist, and author
D.Sc., 1978
Gustaf Harry Carlson A.B. 1926, A.M. 1927
Executive, R.P. Scherer Corp.; Clark School of Chemistry & Biochemistry named for him
D.Sc., 1977
![Paul Abraham Freund](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Paul-Abraham-Freund.jpg)
Paul Abraham Freund
Legal scholar and professor, Harvard Law School
L.H.D., 1977
![Jacob Hiatt](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Jacob-Hiatt.jpg)
Jacob HiattBusiness leader and Clark trustee
LL.D., 1977
![Arthur L. Mayer](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Arthur-L-Mayer.jpg)
Arthur L. Mayer
Film producer
Litt.D., 1977
![Frederick Merk](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Frederick-Merk.jpg)
Frederick Merk
Professor of history and political science, Harvard
L.H.D., 1977
![James Russell Wiggins](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/james-russell-wiggins.jpg)
James Russell Wiggins
Journalist and president of the American Antiquarian Society
L.H.D., 1977
![Paul W. Gates](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Paul-W-Gates.jpg)
Paul W. Gates
Professor emeritus of history, Cornell; expert on the history of federal land policy
L.H.D., 1976
![H. Guyford Stever](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/H-Guyford-Stever.jpg)
H. Guyford Stever
Director of the National Science Foundation
D.Sc., 1976
![Leon Howard Sullivan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Reverend-Leon-Howard-Sullivan.jpg)
Leon Howard Sullivan
Baptist minister, civil rights leader, and social activist focused on job creation
L.H.D., 1976
![Bernard Bailyn](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/bernard-bailyn.jpg)
Bernard Bailyn
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Harvard historian focused on American Revolution
L.H.D., 1975
![Lucy Peters Wilson Benson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Lucy-Peters-Wilson-Benson.jpg)
Lucy Peters Wilson Benson
Secretary of human services for Massachusetts
LL.D., 1975
![Forrest C. Pogue](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Forrest-C-Pogue.jpg)
Forrest C. Pogue
Director, Eisenhower Institute for Military Research, Smithsonian Institute
L.H.D., 1975
![Clifford Ladd Prosser](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Clifford-Ladd-Prosser.jpg)
Clifford Ladd Prosser
Professor of physiology, University of Illinois
D.Sc., 1975
![May Sarton](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/May-Sarton.jpg)
May SartonNovelist, poet, and memoirist
Litt.D., 1975
![Ray Allen Billington](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Ray-Allen-Billington.jpg)
Ray Allen Billington
Senior research associate, Huntington Library; taught at Clark
L.H.D., 1974
![Alice Coonley Higgins](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Alice-Coonley-Higgins.jpg)
Alice Coonley Higgins
Clark trustee; first woman to chair a board at a private university in the U.S.
L.H.D., 1974
![Harold S. Jantz](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Harold-S-Jantz.jpg)
Harold S. Jantz
Professor of German, Johns Hopkins University
L.H.D., 1974
![John Adam Jr.](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-Adam-Jr.jpg)
John Adam Jr.
President, Hanover Insurance Cos.
LL.D., 1974
![Melvin D. Kennedy](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Melvin-D-Kennedy.jpg)
Melvin D. Kennedy
First director of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity
L.H.D., 1974
![Scott Nearing](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Scott-Nearing.jpg)
Scott Nearing
Radical economist, activist, pacifist, vegetarian, co-wrote “Living the Good Life”
L.H.D., 1974
![Elma Lewis](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Elma-Lewis.jpg)
Elma Lewis
Director, National Center of Afro-American Artists
F.A.D., 1973
![Paul L. Ward](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Paul-L-Ward.jpg)
Paul L. Ward
Executive director, American Historical Association
L.H.D., 1973
![Kevin H. White](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Kevin-H-White.jpg)
Kevin H. White
Mayor of Boston
Speaker; LL.D., 1972
![Carl T. Rowan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/carl-t-rowan.jpg)
Carl T. Rowan
Statesman, journalist, and Clark's first African-American trustee
Speaker; LL.D., 1971
![Richard Hartshorne](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Richard-Hartshorne.jpg)
Richard Hartshorne
Former president, Association of American Geographers
LL.D., 1971
![Samuel Van Valkenburg](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Samuel-Van-Valkenburg.jpg)
Samuel Van Valkenburg
Former director of Clark’s Graduate School of Geography; professor emeritus
LL.D., 1971
![Fredson Bowers](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Dr-Fredson-Bowers.jpg)
Fredson Bowers
Professor of English, University of Virginia; literary critic of Shakespearean drama
Litt.D., 1970
![Rene Jules Dubos](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Dr-Rene-Jules-Dubos.jpg)
Rene Jules Dubos
Microbiologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “So Human an Animal”
D.Sc., 1970
![John Johansen](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/john-johansen.jpg)
John Johansen
Well-known architect who designed Clark's Goddard Library
F.A.D., 1970
![John W. Kneller](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-W-Kneller.jpg)
John W. Kneller
President of Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Litt.D., 1970
![Bert Loewenberg](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Bert-Loewenberg.jpg)
Bert Loewenberg
Professor of history, Sara Lawrence College
LL.D., 1970
1960–1969
![J. Leland Atwood](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/J-Leland-Atwood.jpg)
J. Leland Atwood
President, North American Rockwell Inc., and prominent aviation engineer
LL.D., 1969
John E. Barriere ’42
Executive director of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
LL.D., 1969
![Leona Baumgartner](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Leona-Baumgartner.jpg)
Leona Baumgartner
Physician and first woman to serve as New York City’s health commissioner
D.Sc., 1969
![Roman Jakobson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/roman-jakobson.jpg)
Roman Jakobson
Linguist and professor at Harvard and MIT
S.Sc., 1969
![Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr.](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/buzz-aldrin.jpg)
Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr.
NASA astronaut, engineer, and fighter pilot; father studied under Goddard at Clark
D.Sc., 1969
![Edward M. Kennedy](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/edward-m-kennedy.jpg)
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S. senator from Massachusetts
LL.D., 1969
![Jack S. Parker](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Jack-S-Parker.jpg)
Jack S. Parker
Vice chairman, General Electric Co.; aerospace engineer
LL.D., 1969
![Clifford K. Shipton](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Clifford-K-Shipton.jpg)
Clifford K. Shipton
Archivist, historian, and director emeritus, American Antiquarian Society
Litt.D., 1969
![Richard P. Wilbur](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Richard-P-Wilbur.jpg)
Richard P. Wilbur
Professor of English, Wesleyan University
Litt.D., 1969
![John W. Gardner](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-W-Gardner.jpg)
John W. Gardner
Secretary of health, education, and welfare for Johnson’s Great Society agenda
LL.D., 1968
![Preston E. James](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Preston-E-James.jpg)
Preston E. James, Ph.D. 1923
Chair and professor of geography, Syracuse University; studied under Wallace Atwood
LL.D., 1968
![John Jeppson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-Jeppson.jpg)
John Jeppson
President of Norton Co., Worcester
LL.D., 1968
![Susanne K. Langer](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Susanne-K-Langer.jpg)
Susanne K. Langer
Philosopher, professor emeritus and research scholar, Connecticut College
L.H.D., 1968
![Jean Piaget](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/jean-piaget.jpg)
Jean PiagetSwiss psychologist known for work on child and cognitive development
D.Sc., 1968
![George Wald](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/George-Wald.jpg)
George Wald
Professor of biology, Harvard; discovered importance of vitamin A for eyesight
LL.D., 1968
![Everett Needham Case](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/everett-needham-case.jpg)
Everett Needham Case
President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; key to developing core curriculum in liberal arts
LL.D., 1967
![Howard B. Jefferson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Howard-B-Jefferson.jpg)
Howard B. Jefferson
Fifth president of Clark University; philosopher and theologian
L.H.D., 1967
![Henry Donaldson Jordan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Henry-Donaldson-Jordan.jpg)
Henry Donaldson Jordan
Professor of English history, Harvard; Guggenheim Fellow
L.H.D., 1967
Dwight Erwin Lee
Clark’s Hiatt professor of European history; dean of the Graduate School
L.H.D., 1967
![James Ackley Maxwell](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/James-Ackley-Maxwell.jpg)
James Ackley Maxwell
Clark professor of economics; Guggenheim Fellow
L.H.D., 1967
Robert Alfred Nelson
Head of the Northeast Corridor Project under President Kennedy
D.Sc., 1967
![Raymond Joseph Swords](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Raymond-Joseph-Swords.jpg)
Raymond Joseph Swords
President, College of the Holy Cross
LL.D., 1967
![John Kirtland Wright](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-Kirtland-Wright.jpg)
John Kirtland Wright
Geographer, cartographer, and former director, American Geographical Society
Litt.D., 1967
Clifton Waller Barrett
President, American Antiquarian Society
Litt.D., 1966
![Leonard Baskin](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Leonard-Baskin.jpg)
Leonard Baskin
Sculptor, graphic artist, founder of Gehenna Press, and Smith College art professor
L.H.D., 1966
![Hans Heinrich Boesch](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Hans-Heinrich-Boesch.jpg)
Hans Heinrich Boesch
Professor/head of geography, University of Zurich; studied geography at Clark 1934-35
D.Sc., 1966
![Charles Anderson Dana](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/charles-a-dana.jpg)
Charles Anderson Dana
Businessman, politician, and philanthropist for higher education, medical research
L.H.D., 1966
Francis Keppel
Former education commissioner; developed Elementary and Secondary Education Act
LL.D., 1966
![William Hayward Pickering](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/William-Hayward-Pickering.jpg)
William Hayward Pickering
Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology
D.Sc., 1966
![Mary Ingraham Bunting](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Mary-Ingraham-Bunting-Smith-1.jpg)
Mary Ingraham Bunting
Radcliffe College president who led efforts to fully enroll women students at Harvard
Sc., 1965
![Stephen Perham Jewett](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/stephen-perham-jewett.jpg)
Stephen Perham Jewett, A.B. 1904, A.M. 1906
New York psychiatrist who studied under psychologist G. Stanley Hall
D.Sc., 1965
![Daniel Catton Rich](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Daniel-Catton-Rich.jpg)
Daniel Catton Rich
Director, Worcester Art Museum
Litt.D., 1965
Edward C. Welsh
Executive secretary to NASA during the Kennedy administration
LL.D., 1965
![William V. Shannon ’47](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/william-v-shannon.jpg)
William V. Shannon ’47
Editorial writer for the New York Times; author of “The American Irish”
Speaker; Litt.D., 1964
![Frank Hamilton Hankins](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Frank-Hamilton-Hankins.jpg)
Frank Hamilton Hankins
Retired professor of sociology at Clark (1906-22) and Smith College (1922-46)
L.H.D., 1964
Barnaby Conrad Keeney
Brown University president, historian, and Purple Heart Army veteran of World War II
Litt.D., 1964
![Rafael Lorente de Nó](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Rafael-Lorente-de-No.jpg)
Rafael Lorente de Nó
Neuroscientist who advanced the scientific understanding of the nervous system
D.Sc., 1964
Albert White Rice
Worcester attorney, civic leader, and philanthropist
LL.D., 1964
![Ben Haig Bagdikian](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Ben-Haig-Bagdikian.jpg)
Ben Haig Bagdikian, A.B. 1941
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and foreign correspondent
Litt.D., 1963
![Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Charles-Edward-Wyzanski-Jr.jpg)
Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for Massachusetts
LL.D., 1963
![Sidney Stevens Negus](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Sidney-Stevens-Negus.jpg)
Sidney Stevens Negus, A.B. 1913
Retired biochemistry chair, Medical College of Virginia; posthumous award
D.Sc., 1963
Harold Ladd Plumley
Board chairman, president of State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America
LL.D., 1963
![Hudson Hoagland](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/hudson-hoagland.jpg)
Hudson Hoagland
Clark biologist; worked on development of the birth control pill
Speaker; D.Sc., 1962
Samuel Hood Dolbear
Leading mining engineer, patent holder, and researcher; Clark trustee and student
D.Sc., 1962
Milton Prince Higgins
Chairman of Board for Norton Co.; civic leader in Worcester
LL.D., 1962
![Sterling Moss McMurrin](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Sterling-Moss-McMurrin.jpg)
Sterling Moss McMurrin
U.S. commissioner of education; liberal Mormon theologian
LL.D., 1962
![Agnes de Mille](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Agnes-de-Mille.jpg)
Agnes de Mille
Dancer and choreographer
Litt.D., 1962
![Hans Joachim Morgenthau](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Hans-Joachim-Morgenthau.jpg)
Hans Joachim Morgenthau
Influential international relations theorist; University of Chicago political scientist
LL.D., 1962
Rafael Pico, Ph.D. ’62
President, Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico
LL.D., 1962
![Isidor Isaac Rabi](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Isidor-Isaac-Rabi.jpg)
Isidor Isaac Rabi
Columbia physicist; won Nobel Prize for discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance
D.Sc., 1962
![Ralph Johnson Bunche](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Ralph-Johnson-Bunche.jpg)
Ralph Johnson BuncheFirst African-American to win a Nobel Prize; political scientist and diplomat
Speaker; LL.D., 1961
![Stanley Jasspon Kunitz](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/stanley-kunitz.jpg)
Stanley Jasspon Kunitz
American poet laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Worcester native
Litt.D., 1961
![John Edward Sawyer](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-Edward-Sawyer.jpg)
John Edward Sawyer
President, Williams College
LL.D., 1961
![Arthur Stanton-Adams](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Arthur-Stanton-Adams.jpg)
Arthur Stanton-Adams
President emeritus, American Council on Education
LL.D., 1961
![Herman Wouk](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/herman-wouk.jpg)
Herman Wouk
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Caine Mutiny” and other works
Speaker; Litt.D., 1960
![Wallace Kirkman Harrison](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Wallace-Kirkman-Harrison.jpg)
Wallace Kirkman Harrison
Architect, Harrison & Abramovitz, New York; involved with developing Rockefeller Center
Litt.D., 1960
![Shannon McCune](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/shannon-mccune-1.jpg)
Shannon McCune, Ph.D. ’39
Acting president, University of Massachusetts; geographer and researcher
LL.D., 1960
![Richard Stetson Morse](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Richard-Stetson-Morse.jpg)
Richard Stetson Morse
Director and researcher, U.S. Army; credited with inventing orange juice concentrate
D.Sc., 1960
1950–1959
![Wernher Von Braun](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Wernher-Von-Braun.jpg)
Wernher Von Braun
Aerospace engineer and space architect
Speaker; D.Sc., 1959
![Paul Wilbur Tappan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/paul-wilbur-tappan.jpg)
Paul Wilbur Tappan
Criminologist, sociologist, and professor, University of California, Berkeley
LL.D., 1959
![Edward Augustus Weeks](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Edward-Augustus-Weeks.jpg)
Edward Augustus Weeks
Writer, essayist, and editor of The Atlantic
Speaker; L.H.D., 1958
![Kuo-Ching Li](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Kuo-Ching-Li.jpg)
Kuo-Ching Li
Scientist, industrialist, and philanthropist; discovered and developed tungsten
D.Sc., 1958
![Robert Ulich](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Robert-Ulich.jpg)
Robert Ulich
Education professor, Harvard University
Speaker; Litt.D., 1957
![George Nathaniel Jeppson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/george-nathaniel-jeppson-v2.jpg)
George Nathaniel Jeppson
Worcester industrialist and civic leader; chairman of the board, Norton Co.
LL.D., 1957
Charles Lynch , A.B. 1907
Presbyterian minister and missionary in Korea
L.H.D., 1957
![Edwin Garrigues Boring](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Edwin-Garrigues-Boring-1.jpg)
Edwin Garrigues Boring
Psychology professor at Clark under G. Stanley Hall, then Harvard University
D.Sc., 1956
![Henry Chase Marble](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Edwin-Garrigues-Boring.jpg)
Henry Chase Marble, A.B. 1906
Surgeon; former president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
D.Sc., 1956
![Eugene Ormandy](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Eugene-Ormandy.jpg)
Eugene Ormandy
Conductor, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Litt.D., 1956
![Lester Bowles Pearson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Lester-Bowles-Pearson.jpg)
Lester Bowles Pearson
Secretary of state for external affairs, Canada
Litt.D., 1956
Harold Manton Smith
Petroleum chemist, U.S. Bureau of Mines
D.Sc., 1956
![Robert Cutler](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Robert-Cutler.jpg)
Robert Cutler
National security advisor to Eisenhower; board chair, Old Colony Trust Co., Boston
LL.D., 1955
![Oliver Mills Hayden](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Oliver-Mills-Hayden.jpg)
Oliver Mills Hayden, A.B. 1914
Assistant director of sales, Rubber Chemical Division, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
D.Sc., 1955
![Laurence Dudley Stamp](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Laurenc-Dudley-Stamp.jpg)
Laurence Dudley Stamp
Professor of social geography, London School of Economics
LL.D., 1955
![George Leslie Stout](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/George-Leslie-Stout.jpg)
George Leslie Stout
Director, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; founded lab to study art conservation
Litt.D., 1955
![Robert Morse Woodburry](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/robert-morse-woodburry.jpg)
Robert Morse Woodbury, A.B. 1910
Retired chief statistician, International Labor Office; labor advisor for FDR
LL.D., 1955
![Douglas Berry Copland](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Douglas-Berry-Copland.jpg)
Douglas Berry Copland
Economist, professor, and dean, University of Melbourne; knighted in 1950
LL.D., 1954
![Homer Payson Little](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Homer-Payson-Little.jpg)
Homer Payson Little
Longtime dean of the college at Clark; geologist
LL.D., 1954
Louis Ten Eyck Thompson
U.S. Navy physicist on the Manhattan Project; vice president, Norden Laboratories
D.Sc., 1954
![Paul Johannes Tillich](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Paul-Johannes-Tillich.jpg)
Paul Johannes Tillich
Professor of theology, Union Theological Seminary
L.H.D., 1954
![Leonard Carmichael](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Leonard-Carmichael.jpg)
Leonard Carmichael
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; former President of Tufts College
Litt.D., 1953
![Clinton Hartley Grattan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Clinton-Hartley-Grattan.jpg)
Clinton Hartley Grattan, A.B. ’23
Economic analyst, historian, freelance writer, and expert on Australia
Litt.D., 1953
![Grayson Louis Kirk](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Grayson-Louis-Kirk.jpg)
Grayson Louis Kirk
President, Columbia University
LL.D., 1953
![Charles Henry Sawyer](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Charles-Henry-Sawyer.jpg)
Charles Henry Sawyer
Dean of the School of Fine Arts, Yale University
L.H.D., 1953
![Howard Mumford Jones](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Howard-Mumford-Jones.jpg)
Howard Mumford Jones
Professor of English, Harvard University
Litt.D., 1952
![Solomon Lefschetz](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Solomon-Lefschetz.jpg)
Solomon Lefschetz
Professor of mathematics, Princeton University
D.Sc., 1952
Frederick Charles Bersworth
Owner, Bersworth Chemical Co.
D.Sc., 1951
![Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Henry-Cabot-Lodge-Jr.jpg)
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
U.S. senator from Massachusetts
LL.D., 1951
![Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Hugh-Llewellyn-Keenleyside.jpg)
Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside
Director general, Technical Assistance Administration, United Nations
LL.D., 1951
![Fred Albert Mettler](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Fred-Albert-Mettler.jpg)
Fred Albert Mettler
Professor of anatomy, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
D.Sc., 1951
![Clarence Prouty Shedd](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/clarence-prouty-shedd.jpg)
Clarence Prouty Shedd
Professor, Yale Divinity School
L.H.D., 1951
![Loring Holmes Dodd](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Loring-Holmes-Dodd.jpg)
Loring Holmes Dodd
Clark professor emeritus of rhetoric; helped finance residence hall named for his wife
L.H.D., 1950
![Alvin Christian Eurich](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Alvin-Christian-Eurich.jpg)
Alvin Christian Eurich
First president of the State University of New York
LL.D., 1950
![Charles Bungay Fawcett](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Charles-Bungay-Fawcett.jpg)
Charles Bungay Fawcett
Visiting professor of human geography at Clark from the University of London
D.Sc., 1950
![Anna Freud](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/anna-freud.jpg)
Anna Freud
British psychoanalyst, child psychologist, and daughter of Sigmund Freud
LL.D., 1950
1940–1949
![Samuel Nathaniel Behrman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Samuel-Nathaniel-Behrman.jpg)
Samuel Nathaniel Behrman
Playwright, biographer, and writer for The New Yorker; Worcester native
Litt.D., 1949
![Harry F. Guggenheim](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/harry-f-guggenheim.jpg)
Harry F. Guggenheim
Philanthropist, businessman, diplomat, and publisher
LL.D., 1949
![Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr.](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Colgate-Whitehead-Darden-Jr.jpg)
Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr.
President of the University of Virginia
LL.D., 1949
![Charles August Kraus](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Charles-August-Kraus.jpg)
Charles August Kraus
Chemistry professor at Clark, then Brown; consultant on the Manhattan Project
D.Sc., 1949
![Francis Henry Taylor](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/francis-henry-taylor.jpg)
Francis Henry Taylor
Director of Metropolitan Museum of Art; former director of Worcester Art Museum
Litt.D., 1949
![Clarence Saunders Brigham](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Clarence-Sauders-Brigham.jpg)
Clarence Saunders Brigham
Director, American Antiquarian Society
Litt.D., 1948
![Christian Archibald Herter](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Christian-Archibald-Herter.jpg)
Christian Archibald Herter
U.S. congressman from Massachusetts; leader in international affairs
LL.D., 1948
![Carroll Cornelius Pratt](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Carroll-Cornelius-Pratt.jpg)
Carroll Cornelius Pratt, A.B. 1915, A.M. 1916, Ph.D. 1921
Chair and professor of psychology, Princeton; earlier, a Clark professor
D.Sc., 1948
![Robert Luther Sibley](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/robert-luther-sibley.jpg)
Robert Luther Sibley, A.B. 1910, A.M. 1911
General manager, Monsanto-Chemical Co.
D.Sc., 1948
![Robert Fiske Bradford](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Robert-Fiske-Bradford.jpg)
Robert Fiske Bradford
Governor of Massachusetts
LL.D., 1947
![John Mason Brown](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/John-Mason-Brown.jpg)
John Mason Brown
Columnist for The Saturday Review and theater critic
Litt.D., 1947
Edward Bates Peck
Research chemist, Roessler and Hasslacher Chemical Co.
D.Sc., 1947
![Charles Bunsen Shaw](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/charles-bunsen-shaw.jpg)
Charles Bunsen Shaw, A.B. 1915
Librarian, Swarthmore College
L.H.D., 1947
![Wallace Walter Atwood](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Wallace-Walter-Atwood.jpg)
Wallace Walter Atwood, Ph.D. 1930
Second president of Clark; director of the Graduate School of Geography
LL.D., 1946
![Spruille Braden](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/spruille-braden.jpg)
Spruille Braden
Assistant secretary of state; former ambassador to Colombia, Cuba, Argentina
LL.D., 1946
Charles Samuel Curtis, A.B. 1909
Director of Grenfell Mission, Newfoundland
D.Sc., 1946
![Clarence Nichols Hickman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Clarence-Nichols-Hickman.jpg)
Clarence Nichols Hickman, M.A. 1918
Physicist who worked on rockets with Robert Goddard at Clark
D.Sc., 1946
![Ellsworth Huntington](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Ellsworth-Huntington.jpg)
Ellsworth Huntington
Professor of geography, Yale; explorer
Litt.D., 1946
![Robert Price Russell](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Robert-Price-Russell.jpg)
Robert Price Russell
President and research director, Standard Oil Development Corp.
D.Sc., 1946
![Kent Cooper](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Kent-Cooper.jpg)
Kent Cooper
Executive director of the Associated Press; defender of freedom of the press
LL.D., 1945
![Robert Hutchings Goddard](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/robert-hutchings-goddard.jpg)
Robert Hutchings Goddard, A.M. 1910
Father of modern rocketry; Clark professor of physics
D.Sc., 1945
![William David Hassett](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/William-David-Hassett.jpg)
William David Hassett
Journalist and secretary to presidents Roosevelt and Truman; attended Clark
M.A., 1945
![Malcolm Macdonald Willey](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/malcolm-macdonald-willey.jpg)
Malcolm Macdonald Willey
Sociologist and vice president, University of Minnesota
L.H.D., 1945
![Newton W. Alexander](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/newton-w-alexander.jpg)
Newton W. Alexander
U.S. Army commandant and trainer at Clark
M.A., 1944
![Thomas Leon Patterson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/thomas-leon-patterson.jpg)
Thomas Leon Patterson, A.B. 1909
Professor of physiology, Wayne University College of Medicine
D.Sc., 1944
![Leverett Saltonstall](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Leverett-Saltonstall.jpg)
Leverett Saltonstall
Governor of Massachusetts
LL.D., 1944
![Wat Tyler Cluverius](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Wat-Talor-Cluverius.jpg)
Wat Tyler Cluverius
President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute; retired U.S. Navy admiral
LL.D., 1943
![Esther Forbes](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Esther-Forbes.jpg)
Esther Forbes
Pulitzer Prize- and Newbery Medal-winning author, best known for “Johnny Tremain”
Litt.D., 1943
![Joseph Clark Grew](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/joseph-clark-grew.jpg)
Joseph Clark Grew
American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer
LL.D., 1943
Robert Ware Bodfish
Springfield, Massachusetts, attorney and civic leader
M.A., 1942
![Hiram Newton Rasely](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/hiram-newton-rasely.jpg)
Hiram Newton Rasely, A.B. 1912
Vice president of Burdett Business College, Boston
M.A., 1942
![Harry Ervin Yarnell](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/harry-ervin-yarnell.jpg)
Harry Ervin Yarnell
Retired U.S. Navy vice admiral; former commander of the Asiatic Fleet
LL.D., 1942
![George Hubbard Blakeslee](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/1941-george-hubbard-blakeslee.jpg)
George Hubbard Blakeslee
Clark professor of history and international relations; founder of national journal
LL.D., 1941
Frederick Raymond Clee, A.B. 1917
Ordained Presbyterian minister, Old Bergen Church, Jersey City, N.J.
Litt.D., 1941
![Katharine Cornell](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/katharine-cornell.jpg)
Katharine Cornell
Broadway actress (“The Barretts of Wimpole Street”), theater owner, and producer
F.A.D., 1941
![Isadore Lubin](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Isadore-Lubin.jpg)
Isadore Lubin
Economic advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt; supervised Consumer Price Index
LL.D., 1941
![Frank Ross McCoy](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Frank-Ross-McRoy.jpg)
Frank Ross McCoy
Retired U.S. Army officer and WWI veteran; president of the Foreign Policy Association
LL.D., 1941
Benjamin Shores Merigold
Clark professor of chemistry and director of chemical laboratories
D.Sc., 1941
![Howard Washington Odum](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Howard-Washington-Odum.jpg)
Howard Washington Odum, Ph.D. 1909
Sociology professor, University of North Carolina; studied psychology at Clark
L.H.D., 1941
![Lowell Thomas](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/lowell-thomas.jpg)
Lowell Thomas
Author and explorer who publicized T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
L.H.D., 1941
![Johannes A.C. Fagginger Auer](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Johannes-AC-Fagginger-Auer.jpg)
Johannes A.C. Fagginger Auer
Unitarian minister, author, professor of theology, Harvard Divinity School
Litt.D., 1940
![Hu Shih](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/hu-shih.jpg)
Hu Shih
Ambassador from China to the U.S.; literary scholar, philosopher, and politician
LL.D., 1940
1930–1939
Edmund Smith Conklin, A.M. 1909
Professor of psychology, Indiana University
D.Sc., 1939
Samuel Hood Dolbear
Leading mining engineer, patent holder, and researcher; Clark trustee
M.Sc., 1939
Ralph Barton Perry
Professor of philosophy, Harvard; syndic of Harvard University Press
L.H.D., 1939
![William Lyon Phelps](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/William-Lyon-Phelps-1.jpg)
William Lyon Phelps
Author, critic, radio host, columnist, and Yale professor emeritus of English
LL.D., 1939
![Cornelia Otis Skinner](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/cornelia-otis-skinner.jpg)
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Actress, writer, and first woman to receive an honorary degree from Clark
F.A.D., 1939
Karl Worth Bigelow
Professor of education, Columbia University
L.H.D., 1938
![Peng Chun Chang](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/peng-chun-chang.jpg)
Peng Chun Chang, A.B. 1913
Academic, philosopher, playwright, human rights activist, and diplomat
LL.D., 1938
Walter Stevens Young
Superintendent of Schools, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ed.D., 1938
![Samuel Flagg Bemis](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Samuel-Flagg-Bemis.jpg)
Samuel Flagg Bemis, A.B. 1912
Professor of diplomatic history, Yale University
L.H.D., 1937
![Samuel Paul Capen](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Samuel-Paul-Capen.jpg)
Samuel Paul Capen
University of Buffalo chancellor; American Council on Education president
Litt.D., 1937
![Tyler Dennett](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Tyler-Dennett.jpg)
Tyler Dennett
President of Williams College
LL.D., 1937
![Henry Herbert Donaldson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Henry-Herbert-Donaldson.jpg)
Henry Herbert Donaldson
Professor of neurology, Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia
D.Sc., 1937
![Stephen Duggan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Stephen-Duggan.jpg)
Stephen Duggan
Director of Council on Foreign Relations
LL.S., 1937
![Frederick Carlos Ferry](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Frederick-Carlos-Ferry.jpg)
Frederick Carlos Ferry, Ph.D. 1898
President of Hamilton College
D.Sc., 1937
![William Lowe Bryan](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/william-lowe-bryan.jpg)
William Lowe Bryan, Ph.D. 1892
Indiana University president who studied under Clark psychologist G. Stanley Hall
LL.D., 1930
![Ralph Earle](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/ralph-earle.jpg)
Ralph Earle
Worcester Polytechnic Institute president and U.S. Navy officer
LL.D., 1930
![Arnold Lucius Gesell](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/arnold-lucius-gesell.jpg)
Arnold Lucius Gesell, Ph.D. 1906
Psychologist and director, Yale Clinic of Child Development; studied under G. Stanley Hall
D.Sc., 1930
Joseph Stevens Kadesch
School superintendent for Medford, Massachusetts
M.Ed., 1930
1920–1929
![Paul W. Claudel](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/paul-claudel.jpg)
Paul W. Claudel
Ambassador from France to the United States
Speaker; Litt.D., 1929
![Gustavus Adolphus](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/hrh-gustavus-adolphus.jpg)
Gustavus Adolphus
Crown Prince of Sweden; first tour of the U.S. in 1926
D.Sc., 1926
![William Henry Burnham](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/William-Henry-Burnham.jpg)
William Henry Burnham
Clark professor of pedagogy
LL.D., 1926
![Granville Stanley Hall](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/granville-stanley-hall.jpg)
Granville Stanley Hall
First president of Clark University; psychologist
LL.D., 1924
![Edmund Clark Sanford](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/edmund-clark-sanford.jpg)
Edmund Clark Sanford
Second president of Clark University; psychologist
LL.D., 1924
![William Lyon Phelps](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/william-lyon-phelps.jpg)
William Lyon Phelps
Yale professor of English; taught the first U.S. college course on the modern novel
L.H.D., 1920
1909
![Carl Barus](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Carl-Barus.jpg)
Carl Barus
Physics professor, Brown University
LL.D., 1909
![Franz Boas](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Franz-Boas.jpg)
Franz Boas
Anthropology professor, Columbia University
LL.D., 1909
![Marston Taylor Bogert](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Marston-Taylor-Bogert.jpg)
Marston Taylor Bogert
Organic chemistry professor and department chair, Columbia University
LL.D., 1909
![Hermon Carey Bumpus](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Hermon-Carey-Bumpus.jpg)
Hermon Carey Bumpus, Ph.D. 1891
Biologist and director, American Museum of Natural History
LL.D., 1909
![Leo Burgerstein](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/leo-burgerstein.jpg)
Leo Burgerstein
Geologist, University of Vienna; wrote popular book on school hygiene
LL.D., 1909
![Andre Debierne](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Andre-Debierne.jpg)
Andre Debierne
Lead researcher in radioactivity, University of Paris
D.Sc., 1909
![Sigmund Freud](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/sigmund-freud.jpg)
Sigmund FreudPsychologist, University of Vienna; presented his only U.S. lecture at Clark
LL.D., 1909
![Herbert Spenser Jennings](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Herbert-Spenser-Jennings.jpg)
Herbert Spenser Jennings
Experimental zoology professor, Johns Hopkins University
LL.D., 1909
![Carl G. Jung](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/carl-jung.jpg)
Carl G. Jung
Psychologist, University of Zurich
LL.D., 1909
![Percival Lowell](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Percival-Lowell.jpg)
Percival Lowell
Astronomy professor, MIT
LL.D., 1909
![Adolf Meyer](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Adolf-Meyer.jpg)
Adolf Meyer
Director, Pathological Institute of New York
LL.D., 1909
![Arthur Michael](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Arthur-Michael.jpg)
Arthur Michael
First professor of chemistry at Clark (1889); best known for the Michael reaction
LL.D., 1909
![Albert Abraham Michelson](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/albert-abraham-michelson.jpg)
Albert Abraham Michelson
Physics professor at Clark, then University of Chicago
Phys.D., 1909
![Eliakim Hastings Moore](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Eliakim-Hastings-Moore.jpg)
Eliakim Hastings Moore
Mathematics professor and department head, University of Chicago
Math.D., 1909
![Ernest Fox Nichols](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Ernest-Fox-Nichols.jpg)
Ernest Fox Nichols
President of Dartmouth College
LL.D., 1909
![Arthur Amos Noyes](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/arthur-amos-noyes.jpg)
Arthur Amos Noyes
Chemistry professor and research lab director, MIT
LL.D., 1909
![William Albert Noyes](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/William-Albert-Noyes.jpg)
William Albert Noyes
Chemistry professor, University of Illinois
LL.D., 1909
![William Fogg Osgood](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/William-Fogg-Osgood.jpg)
William Fogg Osgood
Mathematics professor, Harvard University
LL.D., 1909
![James Pierpont](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/James-Pierport.jpg)
James Pierpont
Mathematics professor, Yale University
LL.D., 1909
![Theodore William Richards](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Theodore-William-Richards.jpg)
Theodore William Richards
Chemistry professor, Harvard University
Chem.D., 1909
![Ernest Rutherford](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/ernest-rutherford.jpg)
Ernest Rutherford
Experimental physics professor, University of Manchester
Phys.D., 1909
![William Stern](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/william-Stern.jpg)
William Stern
Philosophy professor, University of Breslau
LL.D., 1909
![Julius Stieglitz](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Julius-Stieglitz.jpg)
Julius Stieglitz
Chemistry professor and department director, University of Chicago
D.Sc., 1909
![Edward Bradford Tichener](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Edward-Bradford-Tichener.jpg)
Edward Bradford Tichener
Psychology professor, Cornell University
Litt.D., 1909
![Edward Burr Van Vleck](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Edward-Burr-Van-Vleck.jpg)
Edward Burr Van Vleck
Mathematics professor, University of Wisconsin
LL.D., 1909
![Vito Volterra](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Vito-Volterra.jpg)
Vito Volterra
Mathematical physics professor, University of Rome
Phys.D., 1909
![Charles Otis Whitman](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Charles-Otis-Whitman.jpg)
Charles Otis Whitman
Zoology professor and department head, University of Chicago
Biol.D., 1909
![Lebbeus L. Wilfley](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Lebbeus-L-Wilfley.jpg)
Lebbeus L. Wilfley
First judge of the U.S. Court for China
LL.D., 1909
![Robert Williams Wood](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/Robert-Williams-Wood.jpg)
Robert Williams Wood
Experimental physics professor, Johns Hopkins University
LL.D., 1909
1902-1905
![Henry Cabot Lodge](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/henry-cabot-lodge.jpg)
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S. senator from Massachusetts
LL.D., 1902
![Carroll Davidson Wright](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/carroll-davidson-wright.jpg)
Carroll Davidson Wright
First president of Clark College; first U.S. commissioner of labor
LL.D., 1902
1899
![Ludwig Boltzmann](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/ludwig-boltzmann.jpg)
Ludwig Boltzmann
Theoretical physics professor, University of Vienna
LL.D., 1899
![Santiago Raymon y Cajal](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/santiago-raymon-y-cajal.jpg)
Santiago Raymon y Cajal
Histology professor, University of Madrid
LL.D., 1899
![August Forel](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/august-forel.jpg)
August Forel
Psychologist and asylum director, Switzerland
LL.D., 1899
![Angelo Mosso](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/angelo-mosso.jpg)
Angelo Mosso
Physicologist and rector, University of Turin
LL.D., 1899
![Emile Picard](https://s28151.pcdn.co/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/292/2023/05/emile-picard.jpg)
Emile Picard
Mathematics professor, University of Paris
LL.D., 1899